Clickbank Gravity...

[jklsr55]

What gravity is best? Does a higher gravity mean more compitition? What is a good gravity number for a newbie to stay around? Any gravity advice would be cool... picking cb products in general as well... you guys have been really great! I am sure you get tired of us new guys... I am a master plumber. If you have any plumbing questions i'd love to help you!!!

[freddy smith]

gravity means number of people promoted a that product in one month,

[Harvey Segal]

Originally Posted by freddy smith

gravity means number of people promoted a that product in one month,

Not quite.
It's a weighted number (and spans 8 weeks)

The exact definition is


Number of distinct affiliates who earned a commission by
referring a paying customer to the vendor's products. This
is a weighted sum and not an actual total. For each
affiliate paid in the last 8 weeks we add an amount between
0.1 and 1.0 to the total. The more recent the last referral,
the higher the value added.


Harvey


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[freddy smith]

yes, that wrong with my post above.

i has calculate refund rate and got negative -0.0394, what is that means

[terryrayburn]

I've seen a lot of advice saying NOT to market a CB product with a very low gravity, but...

I've never heard a satisfactory explanation for WHY one should not market a low-gravity CB product, as long as it meets other important criteria (good sales page, good conversions, good commission, decent product, low refunds, etc.).

Am I missing something?

Or to put it another way, could it not just be some obscure micro-niche product that nobody is marketing much, but with great potential to someone who WOULD market it well?

Example: there might be only one obscure product (just hypothetical) on training a specific breed of dog, say a miniature Doberman. Since there is only one product, and no one is exploiting it at this time, it would naturally have a low gravity. Any inherent problem?

[embrown]

Originally Posted by terryrayburn

I've seen a lot of advice saying NOT to market a CB product with a very low gravity, but...

I've never heard a satisfactory explanation for WHY one should not market a low-gravity CB product, as long as it meets other important criteria (good sales page, good conversions, good commission, decent product, low refunds, etc.).

Am I missing something?

Or to put it another way, could it not just be some obscure micro-niche product that nobody is marketing much, but with great potential to someone who WOULD market it well?

Example: there might be only one obscure product (just hypothetical) on training a specific breed of dog, say a miniature Doberman. Since there is only one product, and no one is exploiting it at this time, it would naturally have a low gravity. Any inherent problem?

I agree. I've been actually looking for low gravity, but good products. I have been making sure to ask for a review copy and so far I've been successful in getting them. I review it and it looks go, I'm down to promote.

It seems that with less affiliates, you have a better chance of actually making money.

As a matter of fact, I sat in on a ppc classroom sponsored webinar with vince delmonte. I think he is a student there and since I am one of his affiliates, I got to come. Anyway, he mentioned that other publishers are also promoting each other's products. Tha really got me and is the reason why I think I may steer away from the big name products. I can't really compete with someone who can fund their adversiting campaign with real money, while all I'm going on is bum marketing. I may be wrong, though

[DonDavis]

Vince Delmonte is a student at PPC Classroom? Wow.

[annihilator]

Originally Posted by terryrayburn

I've seen a lot of advice saying NOT to market a CB product with a very low gravity, but...

I've never heard a satisfactory explanation for WHY one should not market a low-gravity CB product, as long as it meets other important criteria (good sales page, good conversions, good commission, decent product, low refunds, etc.).

Am I missing something?

Or to put it another way, could it not just be some obscure micro-niche product that nobody is marketing much, but with great potential to someone who WOULD market it well?

Example: there might be only one obscure product (just hypothetical) on training a specific breed of dog, say a miniature Doberman. Since there is only one product, and no one is exploiting it at this time, it would naturally have a low gravity. Any inherent problem?

Of course, the product/sales page quality remaining the same, the lower gravity the better, because you have less competition.

However, some of us (=me) have trouble in determining how good a sales page or a product is. So in this case we have to go with higher gravities because they mean the product is actually a good one.

But I have my doubts about gravity to be honest, I think it can be easily manipulated. There was a guy in the Digital Point forum who said he specialized in raising gravities of products (and he was selling this service).

Still, until we get that feel which helps us determine if a sales page is good or bad, gravity I believe is the only way to go.

[rashamba]

Someone made a good point that payout was more important than gravity. Since you are doing the same amount of work for a $17 or $45 payout, you should look there first then gravity.